The
Porta Carmentalis was a double gate in the
Servian Walls of
ancient Rome. It was named for a nearby shrine to the goddess or nymph
Carmenta, whose importance in early
Roman religion is also indicated by the assignment of one of the fifteen
flamines to her cult, and by the archaic
festival in her honor, the
Carmentalia. The shrine was to the right as one exited the gate.